Elizabeth McCracken Quotes

I never feel more myself than when I'm writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.

I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I'm happy with it.

I'm one of those writers who say, 'I've enjoy having written.'

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

I find contentment in the craft of writing and fulfillment in self-expression.

The novelist's obsession, moment by moment, is with language: finding the right next word.

The fulfillment I get from a good day of writing is addictive and will always bring me back the next day.

Any writer who says he loves writing is crazy. Or lying.

I'd heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it.

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.

The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.

I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

I enjoy writing.

Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor.

One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

I was just sitting on my bed in a dormitory room, and I started writing. The thing that was magic about it was that once you put down one word, you could cross it out. I figured that out right away. I put down 'mountain,' and then I'd go, 'No - 'valley.' That's better.'

My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it.

I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of me.

It's always struck me as unfair that writing has so little sensation when it's going well.

There's a half-conscious state you enter when you're actually generating prose, and you are simply a better writer in that place. In fact it's the only place where you even are a writer.

I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.

When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.